He sounded much more optimistic than the scene seemed to warrant.

If that sounds optimistic, it certainly would have seemed so to me before my visit.

Still, he sounded more optimistic than Riley about making a quick return.

I don't want to sound too optimistic but we may have struck lucky.

He said teammates with similar injuries did not sound optimistic.

He didn't sound too optimistic, and Sotto could understand why.

But he did not sound optimistic about the future for his business, which drew half its customers from the trade center.

Even though you sound outrageously optimistic it's got to the point where somebody has to do something.

Duval did not sound optimistic about his chance to win.

Hospitals never wanted to sound optimistic, so the report was a favorable one.